Alisha Shimpi

Alisha Shimpi is a multimedia artist who explores authenticity, intimacy, and identity through photography and installation. Her work, often quiet and delicate, interrogates the boundaries of storytelling and representation. Through unreliable narratives and diaristic styles of documentary, Shimpi has examined subjects such as her memory and mental health to leather culture in New York. Her project Pilgrimage uses photography, writing, and sculpture to document her experiences in the BDSM lifestyle in efforts to promote destigmatization. Her work has been featured in exhibitions Thresholds (2024) and Unseen Memory (2022) at The Museum at FIT, and solo show Alisha Shimpi: Pilgrimage (2024) at SS Productions. Shimpi’s upcoming book Common Tongues with Raw Meat Collective publishes later this month.